whitestu
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| posted on 22/7/13 at 09:41 AM |
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Bendable aluminium channel
Anyone knwowhere I can get some thin ali channel or L profile that I could use to form into edging on some 5mm polycarbonate?
I need the stuff that is soft enoug to be easily formed to follow a raduis.
Thanks
Stu
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pewe
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| posted on 22/7/13 at 11:31 AM |
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IIRC it's called Hockey- stick profile.
Maybe B&Q or local caravan dealer - it's used for panel trim.
HTH. Cheers, Pewe10 
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whitestu
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| posted on 22/7/13 at 01:06 PM |
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Thanks
B&Q don't do anthing that is soft enough to bend. Is the caravan stuff fairly soft?
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 22/7/13 at 01:35 PM |
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Horse box building might find you something... Thinking of something similar for my side screens... It the grade of aluminium and state of Annealing
that matters.
http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=352
[Edited on 22/7/13 by Bluemoon]
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whitestu
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| posted on 22/7/13 at 01:55 PM |
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Just reading up on annealing. Will it work on any grade of Ali? The size of channel I want is available from B&Q, and if I could bend it after
annealing with a blow torch it would be fine.
Stu
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pewe
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| posted on 22/7/13 at 02:04 PM |
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Think the only way you'll find out if annealing will work is to try it.
Can't imagine the B&Q stuff is that expensive?
I used some on the exhaust pipe hole in the bodywork by V cutting the flange at intervals and bending the visible edge - did some fairly tight radii
that way.
Cheers, Pewe10
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 22/7/13 at 08:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by pewe
Can't imagine the B&Q stuff is that expensive?
Don't think I've ever seen cheap metal stock in B&Q, or anything else come to that!
Bending L or U channel without buckling it is going to be tricky unless it's a very shallow bend.
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